So you want to get fit? How does diet impact your fitness goals?


- how food impacts muscle endurance


- how to use food to improve strength training and enhance muscle endurance 


- how much food you should be aiming for your support muscle endurance 


- why you should and shouldn’t consider using protein supplements


- how to use evidence based supplements


If you haven’t already, head to part 1 of this series to get the lowdown on nutrition fundamentals for exercise. 


Whether you’re new to the gym or a seasoned gym rat, you don’t want to miss this episode! I challenge you to walk away with at least one actionable piece of info and let me know what you found most useful.

In this episode, I’ll be talking about understanding macronutrients, meal composition, meal timing, and how to use nutrition to increase your strength and performance. 

With all the episodes I’ve done, the information included in this podcast should not be taken as a diet prescription, merely guidelines and information that you can use to inform your nutrition education journey and motivate you to seek professional advice to apply this science to suit your needs. 

This is Part 1 of the Fuelling for Fitness series! If you liked this episode, leave me a review and send me a message on Instagram on what you found the most useful.Useful links:ISSN Position Statement https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-017-0177-8 

Comparison is human nature. It's often seen as a negative thing because of the emotions it can stir up inside of us and how it impacts our decisions. In this episode, I talk about comparison culture, why we do it and some science-backed strategies to cope. If you've ever struggled with comparison and the negative impacts of this common behaviour, this episode is worth a listen. I also answer some audience Q+As so if that sounds like a good time, hit play and let's get into it.

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What do you do when life starts to get chaotic? Chances are your routine starts to slip, you get lazier as life gets busier and after a while, you feel like you're pushing the boulder that is your health up a seemingly insurmountable hill. An hour-long workout and a week’s worth of prepped meals feel like a pipedream and doing nothing seems like the most viable option. When life gets challenging, all anyone wants or needs is quick, effective and affordable strategies that keep you afloat. We’re not aiming for perfection here, just our best or whatever our best looks like when our time, money and energy seem like they’re in a downward spiral. Join me on THE final episode of 2023, where I unpack the science-based strategies to hack your health when your life starts to get busy, stressful and expensive. If you’ve been following along this year, thank you for listening, sharing and supporting What the Health: Nutrition Unfiltered. Here’s to more evidence-based, fun and unfiltered chats in 2024!

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Who doesn’t love a good detox? A detox from your phone, dating apps, a toxic ex - are detoxes just the gateway drug to a better you? The piece de resistance of detoxes is and always will be a juice cleanse - nothing screams healthy like a juice cleanse and bonus points if there’s some algae involved. Join me on this episode as I share some of the science behind famous cleanses through pop culture and give you some food for thought as we quickly approach the holiday szn when “go on a cleanse” suddenly rises to the top of everyone’s new year’s to-do lists.

In this episode, I talk to Vanessa Chan - Accredited Practising Dietitian - about navigating complex relationships with food, the food rules we create for ourselves and how it really is just "food". Tune in as Vanessa and I share some practical insights and tips on how to untangle complex relationships with food and share our own experiences with feeling food guilt, ignoring social media BS and asking ourselves what healthy in this digital information age really means to us.

Listen to this with a friend, share it online and join the conversation in the episode Q+A or over on Instagram at @what.the_health_

Trigger warning: we discuss eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia and Vanessa's professional experiences working as an eating disorder Dietitian.